The document discusses trusting God during times of testing based on the stories of Job and Jesus. It outlines the various trials and hardships Job faced, including the loss of his possessions, livestock, and children. It then describes Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane before his arrest, where he expressed sorrow and prayed to God. Three key things we can learn are: 1) God's wisdom is incomprehensible, 2) we can be honest with God about our feelings, and 3) we should worship God despite our circumstances. The document encourages trusting in God's wisdom and accepting his will, even when difficult things come our way, as Jesus did in the garden.

1. TRUSTING GOD IN THE
MIDST OF TESTING

2. How do we react in times of testing?

3. STORY OF JOB
• TRAGEDIES in the FIRST TESTING:
1.Sabeans killed: oxen, donkeys, servants
2.Thunder struck and killed: sheeps, servants
3.Chaldeans swept and killed: camels and servants
4.Tornado struck and killed: Job’s children

4. STORY OF JESUS
• Before Jesus was arrested, He, together with His
servants went to Gethsemane in the Mount
Olives.
• He there expressed His sorrow and prayed
earnestly to seek God.

5. 3 THINGS WE CAN LEARN:
1. God’s wisdom in incomprehensible
2. We can be honest and tell God what we
really feel
3. Worship God

6. 1. God’s wisdom is incomprehensible
• Job 1:12
• The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything
he has is in your power, but on the man himself do
not lay a finger.”
• Mark 14:36a
• “Abba, everything is possible for You…”

7. 2. We can be honest and tell God of what we
really feel
• Job 1:20
• At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head.
• Mark 14:33-34
• he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. “My soul is overwhelmed with
sorrow to the point of death,”
• Matthew 26: 37-38
• he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is
overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.
• Luke 22:44
• nd being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of
blood falling to the ground.

8. 3. Worship God
• Job 1:21
• Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will
depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may
the Name of the Lord be praised.
• Mark 14:36
• “Abba, everything is possible for You…
“Let Your will be done…”
• Luke 22:44
• “… he [Jesus] prayed more earnestly and His sweat was
like drops of blood falling to the ground.”

9. “Whatever may come our way, we have to
trust in God and His Wisdom.”
“My father, if it is not possible for this cup
to be taken away unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- Jesus (Matthew 26:42) -

10. James 1:2-5
• Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever
you face trials of many kinds,
• 3 because you know that the testing of your faith
produces perseverance.
• 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be
mature and complete, not lacking anything.
• 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who
gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will
be given to you.

11. TRUST GOD IN THE MIDST
OF TESTING